Farnan was required to post 10 percent of his $50,000 bail and ordered to be on house arrest with electronic monitoring while the case proceeds. He is still waiting to be released from the jail Friday.

Deputy District Attorney Lisa Pellegrini argued against Farnan's release, saying evidence doesn't support the suspect's contention that he acted in self-defense by shooting his unarmed friend, Shawn Evans.

The criminal complaint alleges that Farnan "intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or negligently caused the death of" Evans early Sunday morning at Condrin's Tavern on Torley Street.

Witnesses say both men, called best friends in court papers, got into several fights inside the bar. According to the complaint, just before the bar was set to close, Farnan and Evans fought again, falling to the floor. Police said five to seven shots were fired. Evans was shot three times and was pronounced dead at 2:37 a.m. in the bar that was owned by his wife's family.

"I know that they were friends. At least, I'm told that, which I also find strange," said Evans' friend, Adrian Cooper. "Why would someone shoot someone three times if they were friends? And my other question is, why is the guy who shot him still out running around?"

"He was a really nice guy even if you didn't know him, word got around that he was a good person and a lot of people on this street are taking his death pretty hard," said a neighbor, Shawn Lucas.

"This comes as just as much of a blow because we all love Shawn. We all know Shawn," Cooper said.

People who live near the bar were awakened Sunday by the 56-year-old victim's family, many of whom showed up at the scene.

"They were just crying for about two hours in the street and the block was sealed off with police tape," Bloomfield resident Erin Oldynski said. "There were medical examiners here examining the scene of the crime and just people mourning in the street."

Farnan, 50, of Lawrenceville, is a former Marine who has been on worker's compensation for injuries suffered in a 2008 crash.

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